﻿{"id":446741,"date":"2020-10-05T09:02:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T16:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=446741"},"modified":"2020-10-05T09:02:30","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T16:02:30","slug":"3-ways-that-the-pool-saved-swimmers-during-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-ways-that-the-pool-saved-swimmers-during-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways That The Pool Saved Swimmers During The Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we were told to stay home and social distance in March, we weren\u2019t sure how long we\u2019d be fighting a global pandemic. By late May, many of us felt anxious and ready to get back to some normalcy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All throughout the US, pools considered whether or not they could meet social distance requirements and open for Memorial Day. For many of us, the pools opened and helped make these unprecedented times manageable.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>1. Fun in the Sun<\/h2>\n<p>On many Saturdays, we were able to sign up, mask up and head to the pool for our 2 hour time slot.\u00a0 During these sessions, we raced across the pool, flew down the slide, flipped off the diving board and floated our worries away. These weekend hours were some of the best family times we had after the shutdown and socially distanced spring.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_347928\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-347928\" data-attachment-id=\"347928\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/conference-traditions-and-rituals\/diving-board-blue\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/diving-board-blue-e1603149982583.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1100,733\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;13&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 300D DIGITAL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;38&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"diving-board-blue\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;4-24-20&lt;br \/&gt;\n2\/3\/19&lt;br \/&gt;\ndiving-board-blue&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Pexels&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/diving-board-blue-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/diving-board-blue-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-347928\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/diving-board-blue.jpg\" alt=\"diving-board-blue\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-347928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Pexels<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>2. Fitness and Well-Being<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weekday mornings were for lap swimming.\u00a0 High school swimmers who didn\u2019t get to finish their season, summer league swimmers and retired swimming grown ups shared the lanes to get some early morning mindfulness while staring at the lane line at the bottom of the pool. These are our people, we who prefer the smell of chlorine over the smell of coffee at first light.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_446762\" style=\"width: 459px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-446762\" data-attachment-id=\"446762\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-ways-that-the-pool-saved-swimmers-during-the-pandemic\/chlorine_deckware_laps\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_laps-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone XS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1593759486&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0045248868778281&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chlorine_deckware_laps\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;chlorine_deckware_laps&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Chlorine Deckware&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_laps-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_laps-768x1024.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-446762\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_laps-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"chlorine_deckware_laps\" width=\"449\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_laps-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_laps-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_laps-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_laps-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_laps-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_laps-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_laps-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_laps-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_laps-2000x2667.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_laps-675x900.jpg 675w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_laps-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_laps-245x327.jpg 245w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_laps-533x711.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-446762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Chlorine Deckware<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>3. Fighting the Heat<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our family, like many others, was able to escape the Midwest to the beach for a week in July.\u00a0 These beach trips were different than years before, but one daily ritual stayed the same. Jumping into the pool after sweltering hours spent on the beach was the perfect ending to seven perfect vacation days.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_446763\" style=\"width: 459px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-446763\" data-attachment-id=\"446763\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-ways-that-the-pool-saved-swimmers-during-the-pandemic\/chlorine_deckware_beach\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_beach-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone XS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1595094410&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0076923076923077&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chlorine_deckware_beach\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;chlorine_deckware_beach&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Chlorine Deckware&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_beach-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_beach-768x1024.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-446763\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_beach-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"chlorine_deckware_beach\" width=\"449\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_beach-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_beach-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_beach-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_beach-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_beach-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_beach-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_beach-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_beach-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_beach-2000x2667.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_beach-675x900.jpg 675w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_beach-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_beach-245x327.jpg 245w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine_deckware_beach-533x711.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-446763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Chlorine Deckware<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Chlorine Deckware<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we launched Chlorine Deckwear early in 2020, we hoped to capture the feelings we\u2019ve always had on the deck of the pool. During the pandemic, we got to slow down and remember all the ways the pool played a part in our lives &#8211; family fun, fitness, mindfulness and a place to jump in and cool off.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join us on the deck of the pool at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chlorinedeckwear.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.chlorinedeckwear.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_447118\" style=\"width: 518px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-447118\" data-attachment-id=\"447118\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/3-ways-that-the-pool-saved-swimmers-during-the-pandemic\/chlorine-deckware-products\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine-deckware-products.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"678,807\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1592922238&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chlorine-deckware-products\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;chlorine-deckware-products&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Chlorine Deckware&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine-deckware-products-678x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine-deckware-products.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-447118\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine-deckware-products.jpg\" alt=\"chlorine-deckware-products\" width=\"508\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine-deckware-products.jpg 678w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine-deckware-products-168x200.jpg 168w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine-deckware-products-300x357.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine-deckware-products-450x536.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine-deckware-products-150x179.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine-deckware-products-420x500.jpg 420w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/chlorine-deckware-products-533x634.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-447118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Chlorine Deckware<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notes about the author: Katie Minister is a former competitive swimmer, coach, mother of four swimmers and the co-founder of Chlorine Deckwear.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chlorinedeckwear.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chlorine Deckware<\/a>.<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">\u00a0For press releases and advertising\u00a0inquiries\u00a0please contact\u00a0<\/i><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"mailto:Advertising@SwimmingWorld.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"mailto:Advertising@SwimmingWorld.com\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Advertising@SwimmingWorld.com<\/a><\/i><\/b><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we were told to stay home and social distance in March, we weren\u2019t sure how long we\u2019d be fighting a global pandemic. By late May, many of us felt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7386,"featured_media":446874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,15,122607],"tags":[122438,122936,54414,35735,121985,125470,41668],"class_list":["post-446741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-school","category-industry","category-swim-life","tag-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic","tag-coronavirus-pandemic","tag-high-school","tag-masters-2","tag-pandemic","tag-social-distance","tag-summer-league"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>3 Ways That The Pool Saved Swimmers During The Pandemic - Swimming World<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Weekday mornings were for lap swimming. 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